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Kooperationen unterschiedlicher Akteure sind in Lernenden Regionen wesentliche Voraussetzung, innovative Entwicklungen voranzutreiben. Dabei übernimmt die berufliche Weiterbildung die Funktion eines Katalysators, da die Entwicklung der Human Ressources ein wesentlicher Standortvorteil ist. Die Autorinnen berichten über das Projekt Nettex A in Oberfranken und im sächsischen Vogtland, in dem internetgestützte Weiterbildungsangebote im Mittelpunkt der Regionalentwicklung stehen.
Im Zusammenhang mit dem DIE-Forum 2000 stellt Christoph Ehrmann wesentliche Zukunftsfelder zur Diskussion: neue Medien, Internet, diskontinuierliche Erwerbsbiographien und das Leben mit anderen im wachsenden Europa.
Quality management systems – despite the name – often fail to contribute significantly to the overall management of an organization and are therefore not as welcome as they might be. The new DIN EN ISO 9000:2000 is structured to improve this situation through the employment of the process approach, aimed at the maximum benefit to the organization on two levels: 1. The continuous planning, execution and monitoring of the quality of the organization has to be integrated with traditional concepts …
The article describes the project „Deutscher Bildungsserver“ which is working as a meta-server to supply users with an information system of relevant data in the field of education, adult and further education. The internet is offering big quantities of information and the chance to build up complex documents. Both make it more difficult to select and evaluate information. The „Deutscher Bildungsserver“ incorporates information critically bringing it into an order making it easier for users to …
The article points out the need and the direction of changes in points of view, the planning and the character of programmes, the role of teachers and the organizational structures regarding the further development of the German Adult Education Institute „Volkshochschule“. Schneider identifies development processes towards a customer-oriented institution as balancing out different interests of different learners, clients and cooperation partners, and education management as a new competence of …
10% of German adults are estimated 1995 by OECD to be on a very low level of literacy, about 30% are on a low level. The author explores definitions and dimension of basic education. Restrictions exist for discussion in the lack of University research and the fact that illiterates form a part of the population described to be on a low level of literacy. But basic education is the prerequisite for independent, self-organized learning and the basis of general education. Therefore concepts to inte…
In contrast to the enthusiastically propagated possibilities of e-commerce and telelearning, searching the net for a telelearning course which meets the individual needs can be time-consuming and frustrating. In 1997, the CNC-Zentrum Hamburg in cooperation with the European Commission and the City of Hamburg thus set up the project „Bildungsforum Hamburg“ as a regional virtual market place for fur ther education. Project leader Laila Meyer presents the interactive platform for information, disc…
